40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 38 Maundy Thursday 2022 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser."John 15:1 Unlike the other Gospel writers, John does not mention Jesus taking the cup of wine and saying, "This is my body," he does tell his disciples that he is …
The Word
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 37 Wednesday in Holy Week 2022 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.John1:1 ESVUK The Gospel writers deal with the birth of Jesus in different ways: Mark misses it out and goes straight into John the Baptist …
The Way
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 36 Tuesday in Holy Week 2022 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.John 14:6 I wrote about this in 2016, back then it took me three separate posts. Here they are: The …
The Door or the Gate
Using a tiled gallery in WordPress will not allow me to add alt text for people who use screen readers, or I do not know how to add it, so the images above are the lion door of Cologne Cathedral, the Betts Lane kissing gate at Nazing, Essex, a door with two iron bars and …
Resurrection and the Life
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 34 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."John 11:25 ESVUK Six years ago I blogged about this same passage, also during Lent. Here it is, please read.Death and Taxes.
Creator
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 33 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.Colossians 1:16-17 ESVUK Hands that flung stars …
The Son of the Most High
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.Luke 1:32 ESVUK The reading points out that Jesus is the only Son of the Most High. The angel …
A pictorial meditation on the name of Jesus
40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 42
Son of Man
Revelation of Saint John the Divine by Thomas Bathas 40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 31 And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you."For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.Ezekiel 2:1 Luke 19:10 The term 'Son of …
Rock
Light pours in through the entrance of a tomb carved into the rock. 40 Names of Jesus in 40 days of Lent — Day 30 ...and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:4 There are times when logic is not …
Making an ass of myself 